Last year, I had gone car free and at the same time she declared she wanted to be a doctor, my 4 year old daughter also asked "How far can you ride your bike, Daddy?" I didn't know, so she asked "Can you go a hundred miles?" I said "Well... let's see."
As a survivor of a suicide attempt in 2012, I had a lot to do since I was still riding with brain damage from my overdose (still have some, actually). I got to training in May, and along the way my best bud said "I'll do it with you" and we turned it into an event called Hundred For Hope (my daughter's middle name) and we went to the press and stuff.... made it a huge gift for my daughter.
In Sep, we rode 109mi from Washington, NC to Nags Head, NC on the Outer Banks. At the very end, there was all our family and friends and my daughter holding a sign that said "Go Daddy, Go Uncle Mark!" I hugged her and said "I told you I'd do it, didn't I!!" And the smile on her face was huge.
And now we decided to do it again, and make it a bigger thing... so we're taking 10 people who want to prove to someone they love that anything is possible.
www.hundredforhope.org went live the other day, and on Sep 6th, we're doing it again with more people.
Even though she doesn't want to be a doctor anymore, and wants to be an Olympic luge champion (last week she was gonna be a cowgirl)... she still gets on her pink Disney princess bike and goes "Daddy, Im gonna ride to the beach like you!!" That changed my life AND hers!!